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Ududumbara Polling Division

The Ududumbara Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Kandy Electoral District, in the Central Province, Sri Lanka.

Ududumbara
Polling Division
Location of Ududumbara
Coordinates: 7°20′31″N 80°55′31″E / 7.342011°N 80.925399°E / 7.342011; 80.925399
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceCentral Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral DistrictKandy Electoral District
Area
 • Total
506.53 km2 (195.57 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[1]
 • Total
74,388
 • Density147/km2 (380/sq mi)
ISO 3166 codeEC-04D

Presidential Election Results

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Summary

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The winner of Ududumbara has matched the final country result 5 out of 8 times. Hence, Ududumbara is a Weak Bellwether for Presidential Elections.

Year Ududumbara Kandy Electoral District MAE[2] % Sri Lanka MAE[3] %
2019 SLPP SLPP 6.94% SLPP 4.86%
2015 UPFA NDF 14.86% NDF 11.58%
2010 UPFA UPFA 11.36% UPFA 7.67%
2005 UNP UNP 4.61% UPFA 1.28%
1999 PA PA 0.31% PA 1.50%
1994 PA PA 7.96% PA 2.37%
1988 SLFP UNP 6.39% UNP 3.51%
1982 UNP UNP 5.80% UNP 2.51%
Matches/Mean MAE 5/8 7/8 7.28% 8/8 4.41%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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Party Ududumbara[4] Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
SLPP 29,334 58.11% 471,502 50.43% 6,924,255 52.25%
NDF 19,098 37.83% 417,355 44.64% 5,564,239 41.99%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,298 2.57% 22,479 2.40% 345,452 2.61%
NMPP 748 1.48% 23,539 2.52% 418,553 3.16%
Valid Votes 50,478 99.32% 934,875 99.04% 13,252,499 98.99%
Rejected Votes 345 0.68% 9,020 0.96% 135,452 1.01%
Total Polled 50,823 87.98% 943,895 84.89% 13,387,951 83.71%
Registered Electors 57,764 1,111,860 15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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Party Ududumbara[5] Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 27,722 59.09% 378,585 44.23% 5,768,090 47.58%
NDF 18,472 39.37% 466,994 54.56% 6,217,162 51.28%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 723 1.54% 10,329 1.21% 138,200 1.14%
Valid Votes 46,917 98.99% 855,908 98.73% 12,123,452 98.85%
Rejected Votes 479 1.01% 10,993 1.27% 140,925 1.15%
Total Polled 47,396 80.83% 866,901 79.71% 12,264,377 78.69%
Registered Electors 58,637 1,087,542 15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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Party Ududumbara[6] Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 27,179 65.31% 406,636 54.16% 6,015,934 57.88%
NDF 13,220 31.77% 329,492 43.89% 4,173,185 40.15%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,214 2.92% 14,658 1.95% 204,494 1.97%
Valid Votes 41,613 99.05% 750,786 98.85% 10,393,613 99.03%
Rejected Votes 397 0.95% 8,700 1.15% 101,838 0.97%
Total Polled 42,010 75.52% 759,486 75.87% 10,495,451 66.70%
Registered Electors 55,629 1,001,074 15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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Party Ududumbara[7] Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 20,269 49.52% 387,150 54.33% 4,706,366 48.43%
UPFA 19,973 48.79% 315,672 44.30% 4,887,152 50.29%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 692 1.69% 9,798 1.37% 123,521 1.27%
Valid Votes 40,934 98.64% 712,620 98.64% 9,717,039 98.88%
Rejected Votes 564 1.36% 9,817 1.36% 109,869 1.12%
Total Polled 41,498 78.67% 722,437 77.37% 9,826,908 69.51%
Registered Electors 52,747 933,754 14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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Party Ududumbara[8] Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 18,216 50.61% 308,187 50.29% 4,312,157 51.12%
UNP 16,335 45.38% 276,360 45.10% 3,602,748 42.71%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 810 2.25% 12,752 2.08% 176,679 2.09%
JVP 632 1.76% 15,512 2.53% 343,927 4.08%
Valid Votes 35,993 97.50% 612,811 97.29% 8,435,754 97.69%
Rejected Votes 922 2.50% 17,060 2.71% 199,536 2.31%
Total Polled 36,915 78.81% 629,871 77.61% 8,635,290 72.17%
Registered Electors 46,840 811,606 11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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Party Ududumbara[9] Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 22,944 64.75% 320,110 56.64% 4,709,205 62.28%
UNP 11,906 33.60% 235,519 41.68% 2,715,283 35.91%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 585 1.65% 9,488 1.68% 137,040 1.81%
Valid Votes 35,435 97.54% 565,117 97.55% 7,561,526 98.03%
Rejected Votes 892 2.46% 14,179 2.45% 151,706 1.97%
Total Polled 36,327 85.07% 579,296 77.85% 7,713,232 69.12%
Registered Electors 42,700 744,151 11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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Party Ududumbara[10] Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
SLFP 12,466 50.22% 186,187 43.65% 2,289,857 44.95%
UNP 12,032 48.47% 234,124 54.88% 2,569,199 50.43%
SLMP 324 1.31% 6,266 1.47% 235,701 4.63%
Valid Votes 24,822 98.47% 426,577 98.57% 5,094,754 98.24%
Rejected Votes 386 1.53% 6,167 1.43% 91,499 1.76%
Total Polled 25,208 67.50% 432,744 68.36% 5,186,256 55.87%
Registered Electors 37,345 633,030 9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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Party Ududumbara[11] Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 15,284 54.14% 289,621 59.80% 3,450,815 52.93%
SLFP 12,242 43.37% 178,647 36.89% 2,546,348 39.05%
JVP 456 1.62% 12,493 2.58% 273,428 4.19%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 246 0.87% 3,536 0.73% 249,460 3.83%
Valid Votes 28,228 98.75% 484,297 99.07% 6,520,156 98.78%
Rejected Votes 358 1.25% 4,548 0.93% 80,470 1.22%
Total Polled 28,586 89.93% 488,845 89.44% 6,600,626 80.15%
Registered Electors 31,788 546,565 8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

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Summary

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The winner of Ududumbara has matched the final country result 5 out of 7 times. Hence, Ududumbara is a Weak Bellwether for Parliamentary Elections.

Year Ududumbara Kandy Electoral District MAE[12] % Sri Lanka MAE[13] %
2015 UPFA UNP 10.18% UNP 4.05%
2010 UPFA UPFA 9.76% UPFA 8.12%
2004 UPFA UNP 7.68% UPFA 6.71%
2001 UNP UNP 1.63% UNP 4.84%
2000 PA PA 4.40% PA 4.90%
1994 UNP UNP 0.75% PA 4.17%
1989 UNP UNP 1.84% UNP 7.34%
Matches/Mean MAE 5/7 5/7 5.18% 7/7 5.73%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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Party Ududumbara[14] Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 21,919 51.34% 309,152 39.00% 4,732,664 42.48%
UNP 19,674 46.08% 440,761 55.61% 5,098,916 45.77%
JVP 876 2.05% 30,669 3.87% 544,154 4.88%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 222 0.52% 12,055 1.52% 100,088 0.90%
Valid Votes 42,691 94.70% 792,637 95.48% 11,140,333 95.35%
Rejected Votes 2,368 5.25% 37,065 4.46% 516,926 4.42%
Total Polled 45,082 76.88% 830,165 79.13% 11,684,111 77.66%
Registered Electors 58,637 1,049,160 15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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Party Ududumbara[15] Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 20,851 71.86% 339,819 60.81% 4,846,388 60.38%
UNP 7,544 26.00% 192,798 34.50% 2,357,057 29.37%
DNA 521 1.80% 23,728 4.25% 441,251 5.50%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 100 0.34% 2,459 0.44% 30,354 0.38%
Valid Votes 29,016 87.34% 558,804 90.49% 8,026,322 96.03%
Rejected Votes 4,163 12.53% 58,333 9.45% 581,465 6.96%
Total Polled 33,223 59.72% 617,559 61.70% 8,358,246 59.29%
Registered Electors 55,629 1,000,861 14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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Party Ududumbara[16] Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 18,319 53.80% 268,131 42.71% 4,223,126 45.70%
UNP 15,285 44.89% 313,859 49.99% 3,486,792 37.73%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 445 1.31% 45,876 7.31% 616,950 6.68%
Valid Votes 34,049 90.08% 627,866 93.24% 9,241,931 94.52%
Rejected Votes 3,749 9.92% 45,484 6.75% 534,452 5.47%
Total Polled 37,798 73.59% 673,380 76.47% 9,777,821 75.74%
Registered Electors 51,360 880,634 12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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Party Ududumbara[17] Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 17,477 51.70% 314,297 52.77% 4,086,026 45.62%
PA 14,110 41.74% 233,637 39.23% 3,330,815 37.19%
JVP 1,695 5.01% 37,146 6.24% 815,353 9.10%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 524 1.55% 10,496 1.76% 129,347 1.44%
Valid Votes 33,806 89.55% 595,576 93.40% 8,955,844 94.77%
Rejected Votes 3,946 10.45% 42,103 6.60% 494,009 5.23%
Total Polled 37,752 76.23% 637,679 76.03% 9,449,878 76.03%
Registered Electors 49,524 838,687 12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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Party Ududumbara[18] Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 17,897 54.04% 282,282 46.66% 3,899,329 45.33%
UNP 13,825 41.75% 243,623 40.27% 3,451,765 40.12%
JVP 744 2.25% 21,565 3.56% 518,725 6.03%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 650 1.96% 57,458 9.50% 475,261 5.52%
Valid Votes 33,116 N/A 604,928 N/A 8,602,617 N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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Party Ududumbara[19] Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 18,116 51.88% 301,824 52.35% 3,498,370 44.04%
PA 16,590 47.51% 267,683 46.43% 3,887,805 48.94%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 210 0.60% 7,045 1.22% 175,576 2.21%
Valid Votes 34,916 94.20% 576,552 94.89% 7,943,688 95.20%
Rejected Votes 2,149 5.80% 31,019 5.11% 400,395 4.80%
Total Polled 37,065 86.80% 607,571 81.67% 8,344,095 74.75%
Registered Electors 42,700 743,939 11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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Party Ududumbara[20] Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 16,255 62.32% 204,973 61.72% 2,838,005 50.71%
SLFP 9,373 35.93% 105,977 31.91% 1,785,369 31.90%
USA 263 1.01% 5,147 1.55% 141,983 2.54%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 194 0.74% 16,012 4.82% 269,739 4.82%
Valid Votes 26,085 90.98% 332,109 93.69% 5,596,468 93.87%
Rejected Votes 2,585 9.02% 22,374 6.31% 365,563 6.13%
Total Polled 28,670 77.65% 354,483 56.42% 5,962,031 63.60%
Registered Electors 36,923 628,317 9,374,164

Demographics

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Ethnicity

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The Ududumbara Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (96.9%) . In comparison, the Kandy Electoral District (which contains the Ududumbara Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (74.4%) and a significant Moor population (13.9%) [1]

Ethnicity in Ududumbara[1]

  Sinhalese (96.9%)
  Sri Lankan Tamil (1.2%)
  Indian Tamil (1.2%)
  Other (0.7%)

Religion

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The Ududumbara Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (96.8%) . In comparison, the Kandy Electoral District (which contains the Ududumbara Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (73.4%) and a significant Muslim population (14.3%) [1]

Religion in Ududumbara[1]

  Buddhist (96.8%)
  Hindu (2.2%)
  Other (1.0%)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Census of Population and Housing 2012". statistics.gov.lk. Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. 2012.
  2. ^ The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Ududumbara and the Kandy Electoral District. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
  3. ^ The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Ududumbara and the country. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
  4. ^ "2019 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2019.
  5. ^ "2015 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2015.
  6. ^ "2010 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2010.
  7. ^ "2005 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2005.
  8. ^ "1999 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1999.
  9. ^ "1994 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1994.
  10. ^ "1988 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1988.
  11. ^ "1982 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1982.
  12. ^ The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Ududumbara and the Kandy Electoral District. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
  13. ^ The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Ududumbara and the country. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
  14. ^ "2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2015.
  15. ^ "2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2010.
  16. ^ "2004 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2004.
  17. ^ "2001 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2001.
  18. ^ "2000 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2000.
  19. ^ "1994 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1994.
  20. ^ "1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1989.
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